This is ironic because the exact same thing could have been said about Neural Networks back in the 90s. Just because there aren't any practical applications now of "mathy ML", it does not mean it's a dead end.
I remember how uncool neural nets were back then! Kernel SVM was so hot, but LeCun said it was nothing more than template matching with fancy math. And he was right...
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This is ironic because the exact same thing could have been said about Neural Networks back in the 90s. Just because there aren't any practical applications now of "mathy ML", it does not mean it's a dead end.
I remember how uncool neural nets were back then! Kernel SVM was so hot, but LeCun said it was nothing more than template matching with fancy math. And he was right...